Every Sunday service is followed by an informal discussion group that meets in our newly refurnished parlor. Topics have ranged from important events of the week to pressing questions of morality and ethics: the focus of which can be based within our community or half way around the world.

An expanded form of this has been our successful Wednesday Nights at First Church events. Individuals of local and national stature are invited to sit around the table and talk about their medical innovation, latest novel or trip to another religious culture.

First Church functions in part "by committee" - and many people answer the call to work with others in these various small groups that help shape the future while preserving the historic past.

Our annual Thanksgiving Fair has taken place for more than eighty years. Prepared foods, crafts, baskets of flowers and many other great items are offered for sale to benefit the work of the Women's Alliance. Annual supporters come from Brookline, Newton and several other neighboring churches.